Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-25
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j sunis BowmanS AssasIant Arrestsa--I
An Advance IN Wages DsnandeA-
hstsiSg 81 water ~ Montreal Il
ALBERT Tdrner. colored, has been ar
rested In Louisville for committing OIL
mufderous assault upon Jennie Bow
man, servant girl 10 house which he |
was robbing last Thursday morning.
The gill was the only person in the
house, and when che discovered him in
one OF the rooms she struck him ON the
head With glass, he bea ting her with .
his guilt. The girl In In . CRITICAL CON.
dition, but may possibly recover.
At . meeting OF the Miners and La
0orers AmalRamated Association, In
6hamokin, Pa, Sunday, "it was decid'
Cd to demand an adyApce OF ton per
oent, In their wages, to take effect on
the I'd of May, agreeing at the Same
time to give the coal companies until
May 8 to acoede to their demands" Tho
men expect refusal, and sre prepared
to strike. 1t 10 belieged that the
6ohuylkill County miners will Join In
the demand.
The water in the river at Montreal
Was rising on Sunday night. Tho chan.
uel between St. Helen's island and tho
South Shore 10 clear Of ics. The ice !
piled vary high between the Longu u3il'
| and BoucheIvtlle islands. Tw0 funerals
took plAce In boats In 0rimPt0wn on
Sunday The distress among some OF
SAhe pooe SAanAlles In the eabmer9ed dts.
triots 10 very great, and many appeals
for bread and other edibles were made
ION Sunday.
The body of . white man WAS found
late Sunday afternoon 10 the Patapsc0
river at Baltimore. He WAS appar emily
IS years old and over six feet high. On
his person was found . receipt for
suit Of CLOTHES from Wanamaker. Phila.
IdelphiA. The initials j. w. n. were
on his shirt. The man Is supposed TO
be q commercial traveller named Tro
bish.
Tho police who have been investi
eating the mystery surrounding the
urowninR late on Friday night, IN the
6chuylkill river, 1t South street bridge,
of . woman siuce identified as Mrs.
Esther Garlick, 10 years old, eaid on
Sunday there WAS no doubt but that
the woman had committed suicide. She
had been IN invalid for some time.
The total exports from the United
States during the twolve months which
Tended March 3lst amounted In value to
1874 AS, ,078. against 1896. 964. 102 during
the preceding twelve months. The I'm
Iporis Tor the year ending March 3lst
were IN value S673.097, ,213, against
1854. .7S4 1853 during the twelve months
(which ended March 3lst, 1886.
II In Caledonia, Ontario, on Saturday,
Mrs. Isaiah Dougherty and Christisna
Mckay, . neighbours daughter, died
, from eating parsnips which had been
Ipoisoned. Mr.. Dougherty found the
'lpirbips inside his fence where they had
been thrown by some ooe presume bly
with the intention Of poisoning bis cat
, tile.
A despatch from the City of Mexico
says that Lieutenant Colonel Sunoz, OF
the Eighth Battalion, and M. M. laval
10, Musical Director attached TO the
command, fought duel. AT the word
both fired at once, and both fell dead.
i A freight train on the Utah Northern
J Railroad broke In two in Beaver can
> yon on Friday night, and 18 cars ran
! ldown grade for several miles, then
jumped the track and weLe wrecked
. The conductor, Lowery, was fatally Ia.
jured.
By collision bot ween freight and
I ore trains on the Milwaukee, Lake
, Shore and Western Railroad, near Bun
lnsll's Siding, Michigan. on Frida y
night, two engines and five cars were
. wrecked. The damage is estim ated q.
Is3o, 900.
The Chief of Police OF Nogales, Ari.
D zona, has received o telegram saying
I that the cholera is raging In the Mexi
' 'can town OF Mazatlan, and has broken
i. tout ut Guaymas. People are leaving
1 the infected districts in large numbers
oil The grand jury at Ozark, Arkansas
q on Saturday returned 10 more indict
4 ments for murder against Bald Knob
bers for the killing Of Green. Twelve
of the accused had been indicted for the
murder Of Edens.
!, At Mortimer Station, near Parsons
Kansas, on Friday evening, L v. Hal
liheld shot and fatally wounded hi.
Tifo and then committed suicide. Do
mestic trouble was the cause.
The total number of immigrants who
+ arrived In the United States durin: tn.
J. nine months which ended March 31sl
= aat WAS 26l ,089, against 179, ,861 during
Q the corresponding period of last year.
r Howard Stant berry, 20 years old, Q
l. brakeman, WAS run over and killed o.
y Fairhill Junction, on the North Penn
r rssylvsnia Railroad, on Saturday morn
r. ing.
oil Levi Beck. who was engaged In th,
a tobacco business for number OF years
and who was one of the organizers o
= Books Band, died ON Friday nieht
taGed 30 pears.
John O'Brien fell down stairs at hi,
o hone, in Alaska street, in Philadel
= Iphis, on Saturday, and received ipju
ries from which he died In short time
eI All the book publishers In Cinoinna.
d tio, have yielded to the demand Of ths
= compositors for As cents per 1000 ems.
I Cajam, the zsgui chief, was shot d cad
d near Guaymas by the Mexican authori
;, ties last Friday.
The Athletic Base Ball Club d efe ated
the Metropolitan in Philndelphia, or
Saturday by score Of 10 to 6.
When Christmas came with Its GOOD
cheer, Its fun, and Its merry.making,
We used to deprecate its colds, but that
was long ago, before the days OF DR..
> Bulls Cough Syrup. Now it IL very
different. A new era has dawned on
Us, and small, little and tall, merry men
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